Unscramble PASSIVISTS and you have 119 words, PASSIVISTS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PASSIVISTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 22 with 5, 41 with 4, 34 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with PASSIVISTS letters: PASSIVIST, for 14 points.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in PASSIVISTS: ASSISTS, 7 points.
Among the 4-letter words made with PASSIVISTS letters, PAVS and SPIV tie for first at 9 points. PAST, TIPS and PASS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PASSIVISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PA · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PAVIS and SPIVS (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PASSIVISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASSIVISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 119) | 93 | 119 | 91 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PAVS, PAV, STIPAS, VITAS, SAVS, STAPS, STIPA, VIAS, APTS, PAIS, SAV, SISTAS and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PST and ATS, 2 in all.